Frijns set a 1m09.221s effort after the checkered flag had flown to leapfrog Nissan e.dams's Oliver Rowland, who had topped the opening session with a 1m09.283s lap.

The second practice had looked set to produce slower times because of a downpour between the running, and only Frijns was able to beat Rowland's first session benchmark come the end of practice.

DS Techeetah's Andre Lotterer ended up third ahead of Edoardo Mortara, who had completed just five laps going into the second half of the session after he stopped on track moments after second practice began.

The Venturi driver eventually added further laps to knock Sam Bird into fifth after the Virgin driver made contact with the wall in the first session.